Hokie Club2020 Indoor: Did not compete.
2019 outdoor: Finished sixth in the 800-meter run at the Liberty Twilight qualifier with a time of 1:51.27 … Ran the 800 at the Duke Invitational in a time of 1:53.42 …Competed in the 800 at the Tennessee Relays and ran the course in a time of 1:52.86 … Ran the 1,500 at the Raleigh Relays in a time of 3:56.32.
2019 indoor: Competed in the 800-meter race at the ACC Indoor Championships and ran the distance in a time of 1:52.46 … Also, ran the third leg of the distance medley relay at the ACC meet, and the group won a silver medal with a time of 9:45.03 … Won the 800 at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a time of 1:52.06 … Ran the 800 at the Iowa State Classic in a time of 1:52.02 … Came in fourth in the 800 at the Doc Hale Elite Meet with a time of 1:52.69 … Ran the mile at the Hokie Invitational in a time of 4:15.21 … Was fourth in the 1,000 at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 2:28.02.
2018 outdoor: Recorded a time of 1:50.13 at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in the 800 meters ... Qualified for the finals in the 800 meters at the ACC Outdoor Championships, running a personal-best time of 1:50.06, and finished eighth in the finals with a time of 1:50.49 ... Finished seventh in the 800 meters at the National Relay Championships with a time of 1:51.28 ... Collected a time of 1:50.47 in the 800 meters and ran the first leg of the 4x400-meter relay team at the Duke Invitational … Clocked a personal-best time of 3:51.90 in the 1,500 meters to finish ninth and was part of the distance medley relay team that placed sixth at the Tennessee Relays … Ran a time of 15:10.60 in the 5,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays.
2018 indoor: Won the 800 meters with a time of 1:54.66 at the Roanoke Tune Up … Tallied a time of 1:53.76 in the 800 meters at the Music City Challenge … Placed sixth at the Camel City Invitational in the 800 meters with a time of 1:55.15 … Clocked a time of 2:27.97 in the 1,000 meters at the Liberty Kickoff … Ran a personal-best time of 4:20.29 in the mile to place eighth at the Keydet Invitational.
2017 outdoor: Competed in the 800-meter run at the ACC Championships, placing 30th ... Ran the 800 at three different meets during the regular season, earning a personal-best time of 1:51.76 at the Virginia Grand Prix ... Was a part of the 1,600-meter sprint medley relay team at the Tennessee Relays, crossing the line in 3:24.28 for third place ... Made his outdoor debut at High Point's VertKlasse Meeting, placing 33rd in the 1,500-meter event.
2017 indoor: Finished with a career-best time of 1:51.08 in the 800-meter run at the ACC Championships, placing 14th overall … Placed fifth in the 600 meters at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a time of 1:20.75 … Competed in VT uniform for the first time in his career, placing 14th in the 800 at the Music City Challenge ... Also was a member of the 4x400 relay team that placed 12th overall with a time of 3:18.48 at the Music City Challenge ... Ran unattached in the 800 at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet, finishing in a time of 1:51.51 for a third-place finish ... Ran unattached in the 1,000 at the Hokie Invitational, recording a time of 2:27.85 … Ran unattached in the mile at the Virginia Tech Invitational, finishing in a time of 4:20.94.
High school: Lettered one year at West Springfield in Northern Virginia under Chris Pellegrini and two years at Ballard under head coach Bob Mirenzi … A six-time all-state selection … An eight-time all-region choice … A two-time captain at Ballard … Earned four varsity letters in outdoor track (two at West Springfield and two at Ballard) … His personal bests are 1:52 (800), 4:12.91 (mile) and 15:44 (5,000).
Personal: Born Oct. 27, 1997 in Lich, Germany … Son of John and Kim Buck … Has one sister, Abby … Majoring in water, resources, policy and management.
Buck's Track and Field Career Bests
IndoorOutdoor
600m — 1:20.75, VT Challenge (2017)
800m — 1:51.08, ACC Championships (prelim, 2017)
1,000m — 2:27.85, Hokie Invitational (2017)
Mile — 4:15.21, Hokie Invitational (2019)
italics = unattached
400m — 50.46, Virginia Grand Prix (2017)
800m — 1:50.06, ACC Outdoor Championships (2018)
1,500m — 3:51.90, Tennessee Relays (2018)
5,000m — 15:10.60, Raleigh Relays (2018)